Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are assessing the potential impact of the temporary travel restrictions to the US from more than two-dozen European countries in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
United Airlines is operating under planning assumptions that president Scott Kirby called “much more severe than anything we’ve seen anyone else publish.”
China is next week set to welcome back a further 2 million departure seats to its network as the first market to be affected by COVID-19 coronavirus continues to recover.
Italian flag carrier Alitalia has suspended Milan Malpensa flights as part of efforts to control the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy. American Airlines and LATAM Airlines Group have also halted flights to Milan.
As COVID-19 coronavirus spreads globally, the number of international departure seats from China is set to drop by more than 5.5 million in March 2020 as airlines across the world continue suspending service.